More than 120 days have passed since the Revolution's last regular-season contest. That's too many days. The good news? Next weekend, the Revs will kick off the 2018 season against the Union in Chester, Pa. That's a match worth seeing.

The Revs play San Antonio later today, but let's get our final thoughts in on their first Arizona preseason match.

The New England Revolution began the second part of the preseason with a 2-2 draw against FC Dallas a few days ago. The Revs next preseason game is later today against USL side San Antonio FC, a club Zach Herivaux is familiar with having spent some time on loan there last year.

Every year the New England Revolution get together with their season ticket members and have an event to kick off the new season. Every year, we get a few awesome tidbits of news that seem important so we'll highlight some of them here.

In his three months at the helm, new head coach Brad Friedel has already started to leave his mark. While new faces, including two assistants, a head of fitness, and several players, are most visible, Friedel has also made tweaks elsewhere to help the team function as a unit.

Antonio Delemea is exhausted, and it's only partially because it's the beginning of preseason.

The Bent Musket spoke to Delemea after the Revolution's first preseason practice of 2018. The center back said the session was "the hardest first day of all the first days I've went through in my career.

Antonio Delamea is exhausted, and it's only partially because it's the beginning of preseason.

The Bent Musket spoke to Delamea after the Revolution's first preseason practice of 2018. The center back said the session was "the hardest first day of all the first days I've went through in my career.